Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

by Sarah Hart

But there is a deeper reason why we find mathematics at the heart of literature. The universe is full of underlying structure, pattern, and regularity, and mathematics is the best tool we have for understanding it—that’s why mathematics is often called the language of the universe, and why it is so vital to science.

If you happen to be a mathematician, then you already have poetry in your soul,